# μένω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* μίνω (mínō) — Arcadocypriot

### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ménō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay, stand still”). Cognates include Latin maneō (“remain”), Persian ماندن (mândan, “to remain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mé.nɔː/ → /ˈme.no/ → /ˈme.no/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /mé.nɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈme.no/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈme.no/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈme.no/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈme.no/

### Verb

μένω • (ménō)
* to stay, wait
** (in battle) to stand fast
*** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 854
*** 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 945
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.55
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.317
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.659
*** 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 295
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.26
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.45
** to stay where one is
*** 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Fragments 317
*** 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 232
*** 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 656
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.62
*** 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 598
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.838
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 3.43
*** 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 80
** to lodge
*** Alciphron, Collected Works 3.5
*** 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Letters 13
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.146
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 30.4.10
** to tarry; to loiter, be idle
*** 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 796
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.45
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.666
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.570
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 4.4.19
** (of things) to be lasting; to remain, stand
*** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 672
*** 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 744
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.434
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Nemean Ode 6.4
*** 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, Sto. 339.15
*** 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Cratylus 440a
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 261d
** (of condition) to remain
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1133b14
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1167b7
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, First Philippic 9
*** 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Philip 11
*** 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 1000
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.5
*** 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.201
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.263
*** 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, On the Peace 7
*** 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 480b
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 466c
*** 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 496b
*** 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 12.2.8
*** 442 BCE, Sophocles, Antigone 169
*** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.76
** to abide by
*** 361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 94
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 356e
** (impersonal, with infinitive) it remains
*** 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 435
*** 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 733
* (of persons) to await, expect
** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1277
** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 103
** 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Fragments 37
** 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 436
** 408 BCE, Euripides, The Phoenician Women 740
** c. 440 BCE, Euripides, Rhesus 66
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.527
** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 15.620
** New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 20:23
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.124
** 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.78
** to wait for (accusative) to (infinitive)
*** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 459
*** 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 677
*** 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 255
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.247
*** 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.422
*** 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 3.16
*** 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 351

#### Derived terms

* ἀνᾰμένω (anăménō)
* Ἀναξιμένης (Anaximénēs)
* ἀπομένω (apoménō)
* δῐᾰμένω (dĭăménō)
* ἐμμενές (emmenés)
* ἐμμένω (emménō)
* ἐπιμένω (epiménō)
* Θηραμένης (Thēraménēs)
* Ἱππομένης (Hippoménēs)
* κᾰτᾰμένω (kătăménō)
* μεναίχμης (menaíkhmēs)
* Μέναιχμος (Ménaikhmos)
* μενεδήϊος (menedḗïos)
* Μενεκρᾰ́της (Menekrắtēs)
* Μενέκωλος (Menékōlos)
* Μενέλᾱος (Menélāos)
* Μενέξενος (Menéxenos)
* μενεπτόλεμος (meneptólemos)
* μενετέον (menetéon)
* μενετικός (menetikós)
* μενετός (menetós)
* μενεφύλοπῐς (menephúlopĭs)
* μενεχάρμης (menekhármēs)
* μένημα (ménēma)
* μενητέον (menētéon)
* μενητικός (menētikós)
* μενητός (menētós)
* πᾰρᾰμένω (părăménō)
* περιμένω (periménō)
* προσμένω (prosménō)
* σῠμμένω (sŭmménō)
* ὑπομένω (hupoménō)

#### Related terms

* Ἀγαμέμνων (Agamémnōn)
* Μέμνων (Mémnōn)
* μίμνω (mímnō)
* μονή (monḗ)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μένω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 931-2

### Further reading

* “μένω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “μένω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “μένω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* μένω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “μένω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G3306 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

## Greek
### Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek μένω (ménō), from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈme.no/
* Hyphenation: μέ‧νω

### Verb

μένω • (méno) (past έμεινα, passive —)
* (intransitive) to stay, reside, live (somewhere)
    δε μένω πια εδώ ― de méno pia edó ― I don't live here anymore
    Οι γονείς μου τότε έμεναν στην Αθήνα.Oi goneís mou tóte émenan stin Athína.My parents were then living in Athens.
* (copulative) to stay, remain (in a condition)
    μένω ανύπαντρος ― méno anýpantros ― I remain single
* (intransitive) to remain, be left over see: μένει (ménei) (3rd person, impersonal)
    Δε μένει τίποτα να πούμε. ― De ménei típota na poúme. ― There is nothing left to be said.
* (transitive) to fail (examination)

#### Synonyms

* (reside): κατοικώ (katoikó, “to inhabit, to reside permanently”)
* (remain): απομένω (apoméno)
* (remain): παραμένω (paraméno)

#### Related terms

* αναμένω (anaméno, “to expect, wait for”)
* απομεινάρι n (apomeinári, “remnant”)
* απομένω (apoméno, “to remain, be left”)
* διαμένω (diaméno, “to stay, reside”)
* επιμένω (epiméno, “to insist”)
* παραμένω (paraméno, “to remain, persist”)
* περιμένω (periméno, “to wait for, await”)
* προσμένω (prosméno, “to wait patiently”)
* υπομένω (ypoméno, “to endure”)

#### See also

* μένω (méno, “to live, be alive”)